About
Stella Garber is the co-founder and CEO of Hoop, a company backed by Index Ventures and angel investors including Andy Dunn and Wade Foster. She previously spent more than seven years leading marketing at Trello, where she built the marketing team and led it through the company's $425 million acquisition by Atlassian, after which she served as Head of Marketing at Atlassian. Garber is also an angel investor in more than 30 early-stage startups and writes about AI and startups on Every.
Experience
- HoopCo-Founder / CEOcurrent2022 — presentThe Internet
- Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2015 — present
- AtlassianHead of Marketing, Trello2018 — 2021
- AtlassianProduct Marketing Lead, Trello at Atlassian2017 — 2018Greater Chicago Area
- TrelloVP of Marketing2015 — 2017
- TrelloDirector of Marketing2014 — 2015
- matchistCEO and Cofounder2012 — 2014Chicago
- Entrepreneurs UnpluggdCo-Founder2010 — 2014Chicago
- Foundation CapitalYoung Entrepreneur2013 — 2014Palo Alto
- TechstarsEntrepreneur in Residence2012
- FeeFighters.comFounding Member/Marketing and PR2009 — 2012
Skills & more
Event Planning7Start-ups50Business Strategy5Entrepreneurship56Venture Capital5Public Speaking11Social Media14Blogging13Marketing Strategy4Online Marketing3Marketing8Social Networking1
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Social Media MarketingStrategic PartnershipsStrategyLanguages English · Russian · Spanish
From Stella's professional profile.
Colleagues at Chingona Ventures
Fernando Carranza
Senior Principal at Chingona Ventures
Grisel Hernandez
Senior Associate at Chingona Ventures
Lori DeLuca
Chief Financial Officer at Chingona Ventures
Peri Ehlman
Senior Analyst at Chingona Ventures
Samara Mejia Hernandez
Founding Partner at Chingona Ventures
Sonia Sahney Nagar
Senior Advisor at Chingona Ventures
Veronica Crystal Mejia
Chief of Staff at Chingona Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stella Garber?
- Stella Garber is the co-founder and CEO of Hoop, a company backed by Index Ventures and angel investors including Andy Dunn and Wade Foster. She previously spent more than seven years leading marketing at Trello, where she built the marketing team and led it through the company's $425 million acquisition by Atlassian, after which she served as Head of Marketing at Atlassian. Garber is also an angel investor in more than 30 early-stage startups and writes about AI and startups on Every.
- Where does Stella Garber work?
- Stella Garber is Senior Advisor at Chingona Ventures.
- Where did Stella Garber go to school?
- Stella Garber studied at Northwestern University (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Major in Psychology/Minor in Business); The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship).
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Also attended Northwestern University353
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Also attended The University of Chicago Booth School of Business492
Prashant ShahPartner at Monta Vista CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesKatrin GeyskensExecutive Director at Capricorn Venture PartnersBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankGlebFounder and Managing Partner at iTech Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Atlassian69
Mike Cannon-BrookesCo-founder & CEO of AtlassianScott FarquharCo-founder of AtlassianAsanka JayasuriyaPortfolio Support at 8VCScott RubinVenture Partner at Lux CapitalBala SathiamurthyInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kevin EganInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Also worked at Foundation Capital57
Steve VassalloInvestor at Foundation CapitalJoanne ChenInvestor at Foundation CapitalLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalJaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation CapitalAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalSara ZulkoskyCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Recast Capital
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Also worked at Techstars454
Brad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsRustyAdvisor at Clear VenturesHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture Group
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